I dare say UXPALA put on a great event, connecting user experience, sustainability, and virtual reality! It was an honor to introduce my Toastmasters friend (and club president) Jonathan “The Zero Waste Guy” Levy to non-Toastmasters public speaking. He did a fantastic job at explaining how his business of making companies more green helps streamline… Read More »

Trying to survive this conference with a cold that got worse throughout the week, but whatever it takes to improve government services, I say! Wouldn’t have missed it for the world. (We have things for colds, like daily neti pot sinus rinses and Ricola cough drops! Definite lifesavers.) My tweets from the day: [View the… Read More »

My first time hanging out with other govtech folks! My people! Sometimes it feels like we’re islands completely cut off from the outside world, but the Code for America Summit was a fantastic chance of connecting with others. It was so eye-opening to meet people from other cities doing what I’m doing. Some who have… Read More »

My first foray into the Code for America Summit! To be honest, I expected something different from a “How might we?” session, which I’ve done before (and with IDEO to boot, at Stanford Medicine X), but really, any opportunity to work with IDEO folks is always inspiring. I’m endlessly impressed at how they’re effortlessly creative, and effectively… Read More »

Designing for the web is pretty straightforward nowadays – people have been doing it for decades and there is plenty of research and common knowledge about how things should look and work on desktop browsers. But are mobile websites and apps just smaller versions of whatever is shown on desktop? Steven Hoober has done A… Read More »

No matter what your opinion about the aesthetics of Pentagram’s work, they are nevertheless the most eminent branding firm in the world. So of course when Pentagram partner Michael Bierut was scheduled to be in LA, of course I had to check it out! Even if you don’t do visual design, all designers can learn from the problem-solving… Read More »